Lovely Meiji Japanese Scroll Paintings Japan Tomobako Tamazusa Kawabata 1

Tamazusa Kawabata 1842-1913 Japan painter. Kyoto student. His name is Takinosuke, Keitei in another issue, and Kei in his later years. At the age of eleven, he entered the gate of Aki Nakajima, and later learned from Kaikei Oda. After moving to Tokyo, he learned oil painting with Yuichi Takahashi and Wargman. In addition, he became a modern Japanese Maruyama sect who loves Maruyama Okyo...

Maruyama–Shijo style painting C0ndition; Good but some stains. Overall dimensions: width of about 28.2 cm and Length of about 173.8 cm Painting width of about 25.5 cm × leng...

An impressive stoneware bottle form vase by contemporary Japanese studio potter Ken Matsuzaki (1950-) circa 2010s. The solid form takes its cue from Chinese traditional plum vase (Meiping) with raised and swelled shoulder and a small opening, yet it rises from a non-conventional pentagonal faceted base. The extraordinary surface was covered with Yohen Shino glaze in a deep iron hue. Thick white slips were applied in bold strokes to the lower portion of the vase. The abstract pattern calls to mind of the imagery of the iconic ocean waves found in traditional Japanese art. The presence of the vase is strong and none-compromising, reaching back to the past yet appearing utterly modern. It is marked by the artist underneath and comes with the original tomobako with title and author inscriptions and a wrapping cloth with the artist's seal. "Ken Matsuzaki’s haptic ceramics bring a contemporary approach to traditional Japanese ceramicware, most notably 16th-century Oribe pottery...

Lovely quality antique Japanese imari vase, having a quality antique Japanese imari shaped vase decorated with trees, flowers, leaves and scrolls hand painted in wonderful red, blue ...